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Crafty ideas for kids and parents

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Coat hanger catapult craft: Make a simple catapult by upcycling a wire coat hanger. This is a fun STEAM activity for kids which also makes a great DIY toy.

Coat hanger catapult STEM craft for kids

Easy gumnut baby costume from Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs

Gumnut Baby Costume

Handprint doodle art! Trace your handprint and use it to create a fun doodle artwork with patterning

Handprint doodle art

Mandala leaf printing

A fun rock painting craft inspired by traditional folk art. Store the rocks in a matching hand-sewn felt bag – with free printable pdf pattern

Garden rocks in drawstring bag

Create adorable fluffy pet rocks with pom pom trimmings. This is a simple rock craft idea for kids and makes a cute kid-made gift idea

Fluffy pet rocks

Fun ocean-themed crafts that kids will love

20+ Ocean crafts and activities

Use construction paper to create a simple Minion greeting card in 10 minutes. This one is a birthday card but it would also make a good fathers day (or any occasion!) card

Easy Minion Greeting Card

Amazing Hand Bubbles

Create colourful, fun butterfly prints with a kitchen sponge tied with a hair elastic

butterfly printing with sponges

Create adorable seahorse puppets from paper rolls using a flatten and cut technique

Paper roll seahorse puppets

Create some cute Batman and Robin characters from paper rolls

Paper Roll Batman and Robin

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  • Kate Grono

    Kate Grono

    Crazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glue, glitter and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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